Re: VFT trap

From: James Aldridge (jaldr@onramp.net)
Date: Tue May 26 1998 - 09:15:37 PDT

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Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 16:15:37 GMT
From: jaldr@onramp.net (James Aldridge)
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
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Subject: Re: VFT trap

On Mon, 25 May 1998 21:48:20 -0700, you wrote:

>Can anyone kindly explain how the trapping mechanism of a vft works? =
Does
>it have something similar to muscles? Although this may sound like an
>uneducated question, the actual process is intriguing.

As I recall, the traps operate on changes in osmotic pressure within
groups of cell. To my knowledge, no "animal-like" excitable cells have
been demonstrated in plants -- e.g., muscle cells, neurons.

Jim

James Aldridge -- Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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